Sheet-metal box



(No Model.)

J. D. ELLIS. SVHBBTMETAL B0X.

'Patented July 31, 1894.

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

JOHN D. ELLIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'TO GEORGE D.ELLIS & SONS COMPANY, OFPENNSYLVANIA.

SHEET-METAL Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,852, dated July31,1894.

Application filed February 10, 1894. Serial No. 499,713. (No model.)

To all whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sheet-Metal Boxes, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a sheet metal box embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3represents a bottom plan view of the lid and top of the box. Fig. 4represents a longitudinal section of a portion of the lid and top, thelid being raised. Fig. 5 represents a section of a portion ofa box, asheretofore constructed. Fig. 4% represents a section of a'portion online cc, Fig. 3, on `an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

In boxes more particularly designed for safe deposit vaults, theknuckles which form the hinges of the lids thereof are liable to rise,and buckle or form shoulders, which when the boxes are pushed into thevaults,'

or the boxes are so full as to raise the lid, abut against the frontends of the vaults, as shown in Fig. 5, and thus prevent the fullentrance of the box, necessitating partial withdrawal ofthe box andforcing down the lid. My invention is designed to remedy this defect,and consists in applying a stop to the front of the knuckle on the underside of the lid, so that the latter is prevented from rising, while thehinge is fully preserved.

In the drawings: A designates the body of the box; B the stationaryplate of the top thereof, and C the lid which is hinged to said portion,the hinge consisting of the looped knuckle D, and the rods or pintles Eand F, Within rthe samertherodE being tit-ted in the eyes G secured tothe plate B, and the rod F being tted in the eyes H secured to the lidC, it being noticed that the contiguous edges of the plate B and lidare'c'ut away, forming the recess J, which is occupied by the upperportion of the knuckle.

K designates a crossbar which is secured againstthe lid, so that therearward thrust of the lid is controlled. By this provision, When thelid is pushed back it presses against the bar, thelatter thus providinga stop or barrier which prevents the inner end of said lid from rising,and causes it to maintain a right line with the knuckle, as will be mostplainly seen in Fig. 2, while the hinge of the lid is preserved, and infact strengthened, as unnecessary play of the lid is prevented whilebeing raised,.a`s will be seen in Fig. 4.`

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A box having a pintle secured to a stationary part thereof, a lidhaving a pintle secured thereto, and a loop embracing said pintles saidloopV working in recesses in said lid and stationary part, said partsbeing cornbined substantially as described.

2. A box having a stationarytop part, a lid, and ahinge for said lidformed of a looped knuckle, and pintles inl said knuckle, one of whichis fitted in eyes secured to the said lid, in combination with a stopwhich is secured to the front of said knuckle on the under side of thelid, substantially as described.

3. A box having a lid with a pintle connected therewith, a pintlesecured to a stationary part of the box, a loop knuckle embracing saidpintles, and a cross bar connected with said knuckle at the frontthereof, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. A box having a stationary top part, a lid with a pintle securedthereto, a pintle secured to said stationary part, a looped knuckleAembracing said pintles anda cross bar on said knuckle below said lid,said stationary part and lid having recesses in which the upper part ofthe knuckle islocated, said parts being combinedV substantially asdescribed.

JOHN D.` ELLIS.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, R. H. GRAESER.

